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Friday, April 26, 2013

"PRETTY PROJECT"- continues with a how to guide on spreading this "virus"

You are Pretty!

To explain- I am beginning a movement. I am calling it
“The Pretty Project.”

In light of some recent events in my own life and some
sort of epiphanies I have had I believe it’s time we take back that word as
women and redefine it in our own terms. No longer to mean the model on the
cover of an airbrushed magazine or the actress in the movie that has and entire
support staff to help her achieve this beauty. Instead it will mean what we
want it to. It will have meaning so great, so powerful, and so enlightening it
will be unable to be contained. It will encompass all that we are and no longer
just what we reflect in a mirror. I am doing it for our daughters. Please join
me!

______________ you are pretty!

You are pretty. When I sat with you at my child’s
parent teacher conference, your pretty eyes light up when you were talking
about my son. I said nothing but fought back tears because I truly felt like
you actually SAW my son. For all his glory as if he was your own. That to me is
the best thing a teacher can do. See all the little beings she has in her hands
and appreciate all the intricacies that are them. You amaze me with your gentle
ways with these kids and although I do not know you well I believe from what I
see of you with my child that you must be a loving, kind, gentle, amazing,
patient, mother. There is nothing in the world more pretty than that.

Please tell at least three other women in the next few
days that they are pretty too. Let them know all the beauty you see in them and
help me to change the world one amazing woman at a time.

This was a letter that I wrote to someone in my life. I handed out about 15 of these now. Each one is distinct and unique to its reader. There are no rules other than that. This is simply a guideline to how it works. I chose women who I feel are beautiful to me for all that they are. It has absolutely nothing to do with physical beauty. Most of them are stunning in that area as well but I chose them because they shine brighter and deeper than just what is one their surface. I chose them because I see them everyday. I see how truly intricate and amazing their beautiful ways are. I chose them because they stood out to me as shapers of the world. IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY.

They stood out to me....

That is how you should chose your women. Chose them for all that they are and dig deep within yourself to try to capture all that you see in them. Let them know how they lift you and how they shape the world. Be genuine. Be sincere. Be honest. Be deep. BE SPECIFIC!!!

I give these letters written on plain white paper. I want them to be this simple thing and I want only the words to stand out. I give them in passing. I make no fuss about their hand off. I never stay to watch them read and I have not really asked if they were read after I gave them. That is not the point. The idea is that I am only the deliverer of this message. I want them to react genuinely and without and audience. They dont need me there when it's read. They need to feel it however they want to and not worry about who is watching. I dont need thanks.. ( it is super awesome to hear later how it made them feel but not at all the point.) The only thing I need in return is for them to pay it forward.

Doing this has done something for me that I did not know or understand would happen. It has caused me to have this permanent smile on my face and in my heart. It has lifted my soul. I never even thought for one second how it would change ME, but it certainly has.

I invite you to copy and past my letter if you like or to create your own.

I am in LOVE with the idea that gratitude, love, fierce beauty is INFECTIOUS.. like a virus.. I LOVE the idea of women everywhere being infected by PRETTY...

As I said- I am doing this for our daughters. Help me spread this PRETTY and let's see just how far it can go.